WATERS, MAXINE MS

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: Experience: House: District 43, 1991-Present; Home State: California; Running: President, United States, 2016; Total Raised: $545,518Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016; Winning: Won with 0.00%; Write a Review

Personal

Full Name: Maxine Waters

Gender: Female

Family: Husband: Sidney; 2 Children: Edward, Karen

Birth Date: 08/15/1938

Birth Place: Saint Louis, MO

Home City: Los Angeles, CA

Religion: Christian

Education

BA, California State University, Los Angeles, 1970

Political Experience

Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 43, 1990-present

Chief Deputy Whip, United States House of Representatives, 1990-present

Member, Democratic National Committee

Volunteer, Bill Clinton Presidential Campaign, 1992, 1996

Assembly Member, California State Assembly, 1977-1990

Delegate, Democratic National Conventions, 1972-1988

Volunteer, Jesse Jackson Presidential Campaign, 1984, 1988

Volunteer, Edward Kennedy Presidential Campaign, 1980

Current Legislative Committees

Financial Services, Ranking Member

Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises, Member

Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, Member

Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, Member

Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade, Member

Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (Financial Services), Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

Member, Congressional Diabetes Caucus, present

Co-Chair, Congressional Task Force on Alzheimers Disease, present

Member, Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, present

Former Member, Congressional Children's Working Group

Co-Founder, Congressional Progressive Caucus

Former Chair, Democratic Caucus, California State Assembly

Former Co-Chair, Democratic Steering Committee

Former Member, National Committee for Economic Conversion and Disarmament

Founder, Out of Iraq Congressional Caucus

Former Chair, Out of Iraq Congressional Caucus

Former Chair, Special Committee on Election Reform, Democratic Caucus

Chair, Congressional Black Caucus, 1997-1998

Professional Experience

Former Teacher

Co-Founder, Black Women's Forum

Founder, Community Build

Former Volunteer Coordinator, Head Start Program

Founder, Project Build

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

Member, Los Angeles Women's Foundation, present

Former Member, Bhopal Justice Campaign

Former Member, California Peer Counseling Association

Former Member, Center for the Study of Sport in Society

Founder, Free South Africa Movement

Founder, Maxine Waters Employment Preparation Center

Former Member, National Development and Voting Rights Institute

General Survey

Issue Title	Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right	Strongly Support Abortion should be decided by a woman herself. It is an important part of their health rights and reproductive freedom.
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime	Strongly Oppose The death penalty should be abolished. We should let judges and juries decide what penalties to apply in each case.
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy	Strongly Support A progressive income tax is necessary in modern society. That is the right way to run our tax system.
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery	Strongly Support The federal government should intervene in the economy and inject as much funding as needed to recover from the Great Recession, including direct federal job creation.
6. Vouchers for school choice	Strongly Oppose Public schools are an important component of American society. We should improve public schools rather than destroying them with vouchers.
7. Make voter registration easier	Strongly Support Voter ID laws are racist and intended to suppress minority voting. Taxpayer funds should be used for political campaigns.
8. Prioritize green energy	Strongly Support Overuse of fossil fuels causes serious problems that we should deal with immediately. And green energy is absolutly a good option for us to Stop Global Warming.
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military	Oppose Expanding the military is not important and integrant for U.S. now. But when the country meets with defiance or agression, it is acceptable to continue expanding our military.
11. Support & expand free trade	Strongly Oppose We should restrict trade with any country which costs us jobs or which creates a trade deficit. And International trade just ships jobs overseas.
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership	Strongly Oppose Availability of guns should be absolutely limited, because more guns mean more killing.
14. Expand ObamaCare	Strongly Support Very few Americans have adequate health insurance. The government should make funds available for all citizens.
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens	Strongly Support Immigration restrictions are racist because they keep out Hispanics and other non-whites. Social services should be offered to all residents of the United States regardless of immigration status.
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive	Strongly Oppose Animals have inherent rights, and nature has inherent value. It is necessary to support vegetarianism and protect environment.
17. Keep God in the public sphere	Strongly Oppose Church-state separation precludes the involvement of religious institutions in social services. Basically, we should not violate the Constitutional principle in this case.
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities	Strongly Support Past discrimination should be corrected. Government should enforce Affirmative Action laws in companies.
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage	Strongly Support In free country, people are free to choose their mate, whichever gender they like. Homosexual partners or marriages are equal with heterosexual ones.
20. Privatize Social Security	Strongly Oppose Government should control the Social Security forever. The Trust Fund should not be invested in anything with risk.

Total: 336

Introduced Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Last Action
05/05/2017	H.R.2351	Minority Diabetes Initiative Act	05/05/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
05/02/2017	H.R.2301	Court Legal Access and Student Support (CLASS) Act of 2017	05/02/2017 Referred to House Judiciary (All Actions)
05/02/2017	H.R.2300	Students Before Profits Act of 2017	05/02/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. (All Actions)
04/26/2017	H.R.1882	Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2017	04/26/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. (All Actions)
04/25/2017	H.R.2145	No REX Act	04/25/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. (All Actions)
04/06/2017	H.R.2076	Ending Homelessness Act of 2017	04/06/2017 Referred to House Budget (All Actions)
03/20/2017	H.R.1641	To amend the Small Business Act to clarify the responsibilities of Business Opportunity Specialists, and for other purposes.	03/20/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. (All Actions)
01/31/2017	H.Con.Res.15	Asserting that Congress should expend the resources necessary to investigate thoroughly the nature and extent of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, including whether there was collusion between persons associated with the Russian government and persons associated with the presidential campaign of Donald J. Trump to influence the outcome of the election.	01/31/2017 Referred to House Foreign Affairs (All Actions)
09/08/2016	H.R.5953	National Flood Insurance Program Debt Forgiveness Act of 2016	09/08/2016 Referred to House Budget (All Actions)
07/14/2016	H.Res.832	Supporting the goals and ideals of National Clinicians HIV/AIDS Testing and Awareness Day, and for other purposes.	07/14/2016 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (All Actions)
07/07/2016	H.R.5651	LAX Community Safety Act of 2016	07/07/2016 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. (All Actions)
06/24/2016	H.Res.801	Supporting the goals and ideals of Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month.	06/24/2016 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (All Actions)
05/19/2016	H.R.5282	Comprehensive Consumer Credit Reporting Reform Act of 2016	05/19/2016 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (All Actions)
05/11/2016	H.R.5202	Preserving HUD's Multifamily Field Offices Act of 2016	05/11/2016 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (All Actions)
04/27/2016	H.R.5085	Fair Chance at Housing Act of 2016	04/27/2016 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (All Actions)
03/23/2016	H.R.4888	Ending Homelessness Act of 2016	03/23/2016 Referred to House Budget (All Actions)
03/23/2016	H.R.4054	Ensuring Quality Education for Veterans Act	03/23/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. (All Actions)
03/23/2016	H.R.3992	Students Before Profits Act of 2015	03/23/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. (All Actions)
01/06/2016	H.R.4339	Improving Small Business Advocacy Act of 2016	01/06/2016 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. (All Actions)
12/15/2015	H.R.3091	Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program Reauthorization Act of 2015	12/15/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. (All Actions)

Total: 3446

Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Result	Vote
05/20/2016	H.R.4238	To amend the Department of Energy Organization Act and the Local Public Works Capital Development and Investment Act of 1976 to modernize terms relating to minorities.	Passed	Yea
05/17/2016	H.Res.734	Recognizing and honoring the historical significance of the 40th anniversary of the Judgment of Paris, and the impact of the California victory at the 1976 Paris Tasting on the world of wine and the United States wine industry as a whole.
05/17/2016	H.Res.714	Supporting the goals and ideals of the Fair Housing Act and Fair Housing Month, which includes bringing attention to the discrimination faced by minority populations in the United States in housing and housing-related transactions on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, familial status, disability, and religion.
04/29/2016	H.R.5073	EUREKA Act
04/29/2016	H.Res.686	Expressing support for efforts to enhance Israeli security and create the conditions for progress toward a negotiated two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
04/29/2016	H.R.2722	Breast Cancer Awareness Commemorative Coin Act	Failed	Yea
04/21/2016	H.R.5025	2016 Tax Day Floods Supplemental Funding Act
03/29/2016	H.R.4871	Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area Boundary Adjustment Study Act
03/25/2016	H.R.4879	TEST for Lead Act
03/23/2016	H.R.4524	Child CARE Act
03/23/2016	H.R.3512	Pell Grant Restoration Act of 2015
03/22/2016	H.R.4834	North American Development Bank General Capital Increase Authorization Act of 2016
03/16/2016	H.R.4754	Emergency Financial Manager Reform Act of 2016
03/04/2016	H.Res.637	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should establish a national goal of more than 50 percent clean and carbon free electricity by 2030 for the purposes of avoiding the worst impacts of climate change, growing our economy, increasing our shared prosperity, improving public health, and preserving our national security.
03/04/2016	H.R.4653	Assistance, Quality, and Affordability Act of 2016
03/04/2016	H.Res.616	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the necessity to publically exonerate the African American sailors of the United States Navy who were tried and convicted of mutiny in connection with their service at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in Concord, California, during World War II in order to further aid in healing the racial divide that continues to exist in the United States.
02/29/2016	H.Res.626	Recognizing the significance of the 74th anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and supporting the goals of the Japanese American, German American, and Italian American communities in recognizing a National Day of Remembrance to increase public awareness of the events surrounding the restriction, exclusion, and incarceration of individuals and families during World War II.
02/29/2016	H.R.4611	No Money Bail Act of 2016
02/25/2016	H.Res.597	Original Black History Month Resolution of 2016
02/23/2016	H.R.4592	Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act

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